Benefits and uses of Shikakai Oil
Shikakai Oil is known for its healing qualities. Some of its benefits are:
Softens hair
Being a natural element, Shikakai Oil prevents causing chemical damage to your hair. Chemicals strip your hair of nutrients and protein making it rough. Shikakai Oil helps restore these nutrients and moisture to soften it.
Prevents dandruff
Using its antibacterial, antifungal and hydrating properties, Shikakai Oil prevents drying and flaking of your scalp. This prevents formation and growth of dandruff. This prevents hair from being flaky and dirty as well.
Prevents hair fall
The natural elements in Shikakai Oil help strengthen hair roots and stimulate hair follicles. This prevents existing hair and promotes hair regrowth. It reduces brittleness, dryness and split ends which are the main cause for hair fall.
Heals scalp wounds
The healing elements in Shikakai Oil activate Vitamin C, which helps in healing of wounds and clotting of blood. Ground Shikakai Oil paste provides relief in case of minor cuts and bruises.
Increases hair length
Shikakai Oil powder has elements that stimulate and activate hair follicles to produce new hair cells rapidly. This helps in fastening hair growth to achieve a longer length of hair. This magical ingredient is the secret to achieving long hair quickly.
Keeps hair colour and dye intact
This powder and paste works wonders with darker toned hair by keeping dye and colour intact. It prevents greying of hair and fading of dyes for a longer time. This gives your hair life and keeps it younger looking.
Keeps hair free of hair lice
Shikakai Oil is known for its medicinal, antifungal and antibacterial properties. These properties keep lice away. Lice can travel easily from one person to another and can cause major discrepancies in daily activities. Using this powder, lice can be kept at bay.
Keeps hair tangle-free
Knots and tangles are a menacing issue to many and may also cause hair breakage and fall. When washing your hair with this paste, it softens and smoothens your hair to gently get rid of knots without damaging the hair.
Soothes headaches and relieves stress
Shikakai Oil has a cooling effect and is used for massages, medicinal balms etc. When applied to the head, it relieves stress and calms a person down. It also provides a relaxing effect and gets rid of headaches by stimulating the cells of the brain and the scalp.